Railway-tie.



No. 340,959. v PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907. E. A. RASMUSSEN.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.5,1906.

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ERIK ANDREW RASMUSSEN, OF HOT SPRINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA.

RAI LWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

Application filed September 5, 1906. Serial. No. 333,302.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERIK ANDRE RAs- MUssEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hot Springs, in the county of Fall River and State of South Dakota, have invented a new and Improved Railway-Tie,

' of which the following is a full, clear, and

' ing drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a railway tie and rail-fastening embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the tie. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the railfastening.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates the tie, consisting of metal and, as here shown, V- shaped in cross-section. The endsof the tie are flanged outward, as indicated at 6, these flanges when the tie is arranged in the roadbed serving as anchors to prevent longitudinal movement of the tie.

The rail -fastenings 7 are triangular in shape, their side walls conforming to the angle of the tie-walls, while the to members extend transversely of the tie an form bedplates for the railway-rails, which are secured in place by clips 8, which are turned inward from the top members of the fastenings. The side walls of the fastening devices are also provided with hook members 9, which pass into notches 10, formed in the side walls of the tie, and said hook members 9 engage against the outer sides of said side walls of the tie, as clearly indicated in the drawings The lower portion of each fastening device is provided with a slot 11 for receiving a pin 12, which passes through perforations 13 in the side walls of the tie near the bottom, and between the pin 12 and the bottom of the fastening device a key 14 is driven, said key having at its outer end a head 15, with which a suitable instrument may be engaged for drawing the key when necessary.

It is obvious that a tie embodying my invention is to be inserted in the, road-bed and the interior filled or packed with dirt, cement, or the like. The rail-fastenings will be held securely in place by means above mentioned, and the hooks 9 will prevent any possible spreading of the tie.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by' Letters Patent 1. A metal railway-tie substantially V- shaped in cross-section and having openings in its op osite Walls near the bottom, triangular rafl-fastenings slotted at the bottom, pins for assing through the openings in said side wal s of the tie and through said slots, and keys for engaging betweensaid pins and the bottom of the fastenings.

2. A metal railway-tie substantially V- shaped in cross-section and having openings in its opposite walls near the bottom, and notches at the top, triangular rail-fastenings slotted at the bottom and having hook portions for engaging in said notches, pins for passing through the openings in the said side walls of the tie, and through said slots, and

keys for engaging between said pins and the bottom of the fastenings.

3. A railway-tie consisting of metal and substantially V-shaped in cross-section, outwardly-extended flanges at the ends of the tie, and triangular rail-fastening devices secured in the tie.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ERIK ANDREW RASMUSSEN.

Witnesses:

M. A. PooL, G. HORRAS. 

